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my laptop screen splits into 4 identical parts everytime I restart. Why?

Anonymous
2013-01-13T23:47:55+00:00

My laptop screen splits into 4 idential sections  almost every time I restart.  The icons become very tiny. I then have to do a system restore to get rid of this. What can I do? I have a compaq presario with windows xp

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Anonymous
2013-01-28T06:35:26+00:00

go to start, control panel, display, desktop, ensure your Position button, right hand side, is set to stretch not tile.

you might also ensure your system is clean:

what is your current antivirus?

Click Start, Run and in the box enter:

msinfo32

Click OK, and when the System Summary info appears, click Edit, Select All (Ctrl-A), Copy (Ctrl-C) and then paste (Ctrl-V) the information back here in your next reply.

You can edit out any personal information.

Download, install, update and do full scan with these free malware detection programs:

Malwarebytes (MBAM):   http://www.malwarebytes.org/products/malwarebytes_free

SUPERAntiSpyware: (SAS):  http://www.superantispyware.com/

Remove all found, reboot, and run again until scans run clean, these can be removed afterwards if you so choose.

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  1. Anonymous
    2013-01-28T19:43:03+00:00

    My screen splits into 4 exact duplicate parts when I restart.  I have to do system restore to get back just one screen.  what to do?  I have sophos and spybot.

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  2. Anonymous
    2013-01-27T23:51:31+00:00

    I have a Compaq Presario v6444us laptop.  for the past year, everytime I have to restart, for whatever reason, my screen comes up divided into 4 parts, identical.  They are tiny little destops.  I have to do system restore to get my original desktop back.  Any suggestions?

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  3. Anonymous
    2013-01-28T20:42:10+00:00

    Just what suggestions did you try?

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  4. Anonymous
    2013-02-05T21:04:30+00:00

    .  HELLO, HERE'S THE INFO YOU REQUESTED.  MY VIDEO DRIVER IS OK, AND I'VE TRIED EVERY OTHER SUGGESTION.  HOPE YOU CAN HELP

    OS Name    Microsoft Windows XP Professional

    Version    5.1.2600 Service Pack 3 Build 2600

    OS Manufacturer    Microsoft Corporation

    System Name    SINCHAK-BAIN

    System Manufacturer    Hewlett-Packard

    System Model    Presario V6000 (GA395UA#ABA)

    System Type    X86-based PC

    Processor    x86 Family 6 Model 14 Stepping 12 GenuineIntel ~1995 Mhz

    BIOS Version/Date    Hewlett-Packard F.27, 6/26/2007

    SMBIOS Version    2.4

    Windows Directory    C:\WINDOWS

    System Directory    C:\WINDOWS\system32

    Boot Device    \Device\HarddiskVolume1

    Locale    United States

    Hardware Abstraction Layer    Version = "5.1.2600.5512 (xpsp.080413-2111)"

    User Name    SINCHAK-BAIN\joycesinchak

    Time Zone    Eastern Standard Time

    Total Physical Memory    2,048.00 MB

    Available Physical Memory    1.07 GB

    Total Virtual Memory    2.00 GB

    Available Virtual Memory    1.96 GB

    Page File Space    3.84 GB

    Page File    C:\pagefile.sys

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